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Hurricane Lee poised to strike Atlantic Canada, but New England's still at risk

Hurricane Lee is not the Category 5 hurricane it once was over the open Atlantic, but AccuWeather meteorologists warn it will still unleash significant impacts in eastern New England and Atlantic Canada by this weekend. On Wednesday morning, Lee was a major Category 3 hurricane strength on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale with sustained winds of 115 mph. It was spinning less than 460 miles to the south-southwest of Bermuda. Lee spent some time as a Category 2 hurricane Sunday following a ....

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Intensifying Idalia barrels toward Florida as formidable hurricane

AccuWeather forecasters are urging those in the path of strengthening Hurricane Idalia to take the storm seriously as it barrels northward toward Florida. Idalia has been rated a 3 on AccuWeather's RealImpact™ Scale for Hurricanes in Florida due to anticipated life-threatening storm surge, damaging winds, and flooding rainfall. Idalia became a hurricane Tuesday morning and strengthening persisted throughout the morning hours. Maximum sustained winds were 90 mph as of 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, accordin ....

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AccuWeather warns Idalia could rapidly strengthen as a hurricane before coming ashore in Florida

Newly-named Tropical Storm Idalia poses a significant threat to Florida this week, as AccuWeather Hurricane Experts say the storm could rapidly strengthen into a powerful hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall in the state. A 'high' risk for impacts is now in place for a portion of the Sunshine State, centered around the Big Bend region bridging the Gulf coasts of the panhandle and peninsula. This area will be most at risk for life-threatening damaging winds, torrential rain an ....

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Franklin to blast Hispaniola, Puerto Rico with torrential rain

Tropical Storm Franklin will turn northward toward the large islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico into midweek. AccuWeather meteorologists are concerned about the risk of life-threatening conditions in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico associated with the potential for excessive rainfall. "While Franklin was holding onto tropical storm status on Tuesday morning, it continued to struggle to form a single consolidated center," AccuWeather Hurricane Expert Dan Kottlowski said. "Despite ....

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Gulf of Mexico may give birth to Texas-bound tropical storm

A disturbance AccuWeather meteorologists have been watching for well over a week has the potential to join the frenzy of tropical storms in the Atlantic basin as it nears the South Texas coast on Tuesday. The tropical rainstorm was designated by the National Hurricane Center as Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 Monday morning. It will spread heat and drought-relieving rain but also raise the risk of flash flooding in parts of the state during the middle of this week, forecasters say. The disturbance ....

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